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Norwegian Seismic Monitor Says Recorded Possible Blast at Balticconnector Gas Link

© AFP 2023 / BERIT ROALD / SCANPIX NORWAYA picture taken on November 26, 2011 shows a giant wave over the Atlantic Road in Averøy, Norway as the storm "Berit" struck the Norwegian coast.
A picture taken on November 26, 2011 shows a giant wave over the Atlantic Road in Averøy, Norway as the storm Berit struck the Norwegian coast. - Sputnik International, 1920, 10.10.2023
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - NORSAR, an independent seismic monitoring organization, said on Tuesday that it had recorded what appeared to be an explosion at the Balticconnector gas pipeline, which runs from Finland to Estonia under the Baltic Sea.
"NORSAR has detected a probable explosion along the Finnish coast of the Baltic Sea at 01:20 (local time in Finland) on 8th October 2023 [22:30 GMT on October 7]. This explosion was detected using stations in Finland," the statement read.
The suspected explosion was rated as 1.0-magnitude on the Richter scale, which NORSAR noted was much lower than the explosion at Russia's Nord Stream natural gas pipeline detected in September 2022.

"Both location and magnitude estimates are associated with large uncertainties. Further analysis of the data is ongoing," the statement added.

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